Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-20
DALLAS CONVENTION.
Tne City Filling Up With Delegates
Loaded to the Brim With Ideas
for Peopiing Texas.
Representative Men on Hand From Every
Quarter of the state-Probsblc Out
CONS of the Meeting,
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, Dec. 19.-At 4o'clock
this afternoon there were booked $50
delegates to the convention TO be held
here tomorrow. The trains tonight and
in the morning will largely swell this
number. The delegates represent the
business and brainy men Of the different
Legislative districts of the state. There
has been much enthusiasm among
the delegates and people generally
oil day. There is an evil
dent determination on the part of the
people here to make the movement sue
cessful The railroad men have not put
in an appearance yet, but they are ex-
pected tonight and in the morning.
From all appearances and expressions the
success Of the movement depends upon
the railroads.
The convention will convene ct the
opera house at IL O'Clock sharp, and
continue in session until O'Clock
in the afternoon, when the
convention will adjourn. This adjourn
ment is made necessary because the OPP
era house cannot be procured for q longer
time on account of the theatrical per-
formances in the evening. If an alters
noon or night session is necessary, the
convention will adj )urn to meet in ths
Merchants Exc ange, which will be in
readiness for the emergency.
The convention will be called to order
by Captain j. S. Deugherty, the chairman
of the committee Of seven, when perma-
net president will be selected A COM
mittee of loo has been appointed On re-
ceptlon, whose duty 1t will DE not only 10
receive, but to see that sill delegates are
properly and well cared for.
A movement was put on foot to give g
grand banquet to the delegates, but
after consultation with the busi-
ness men and others, 1t was
abandoned, although the money was sub
scribed and paid in. The point the7 took
was that this wss business meeting OF
business men, who came here for a spe-
cific purpose; men who had business ef-
| fairs that required their attention at
home, and could not afford 70 take the
time bar quoting.
| The expression of delegates now on
| the ground is that speeches must be short
limited to five minutes.
| The delegates will be grouped by san-
atorisl districts, OF which there 3re
;hirty-tWo, each district will be desig
mated by banner, and the Legislative
district in it's respective senatOrisl. dis
trict will assemble around their senate
rial district banner. :.
| In fact all the necessary arrangements
have been made to receive the delegates
and open the convention.
| The question Of "Where shsll the head
quarters be?" has been an all-absOrbine
question among delegates. 1t would
seem that Fort Worth, Dallss and Waco
! are talked about more than any other
points. The southern delegates tae3l
| Waco.
There is another matter being freely
discussed to-day, and that is: "S3all any
one point in the state be the tsrminui
of the excursion train, or Whatever
train may bring immigrants or visitors2'
Generally speaking, the delegates %srt
opposed TO such an arrangement. From
the interest taken aud the many plans
and ideas about how things shall be done
are being discussed, the conventions j:
likely to be Of longer durstion thaa i
supposed or desired.
The Galveston delegates are here anC
mean business. Among them are: n B
Sigh, George D. Rogers. j D. Skinner
NJ. Laskers, E. S Flint, W. L. Moody, r
L. Fulton, John Locke.
William Martin, F II. Morrison, d. V
Johnson, C. 81. Earnest, are here from
Colorado, and M. A. Spounts and Henri.
Sales of Abilene.
Every other specie of news in Dalla'
seems to be absorbed by the big crowd o
dee gates which swarm the corridors O.
the hotels and streets. They are as fin,
O. body Of men as ever visited Dallas.
Governor Ross is expected TO be here
in attendance upon the Dallas con-
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